T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S
East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire
Archaeological Watching Brief
by David Platt, Kyle Beaverstock and Genni Elliott
Site Code: EGC11/42
(SU 4192 6671)
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SU 41000 42000 EGC11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 1. Location of site within Hamstead Marshall and Berkshire.
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EGC 11/42b N East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 2. Detailed location of site.
Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 St. Mary's Church
Footings Ground reduction Lane Park
East Gate Cottage new poolhouse footing structure 61 [4] pool [1] not observed structure 52 well 5 66700 Pit [6]
pipe ground trenching reduction Annexe
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N East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief
Figure 3. Location of observed areas.
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EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief
Figure 4. North facing section at south end of garage strip showing structure 52 in section.
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EGC 11/42b N East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 5. Craven Estate Map, 1775. SSW NNE 116.42m
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EGC11-42 East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief
Figure 6. Sections.
0 1m Plate 1. General view of watching brief, looking north west
Plate 2. View of tunnel cut (1) before opening, looking south, Scales: 2m and 1m EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 1-2 Plate 3. General view of tunnel, looking south from entry point
Plate 4 General view of tunnel, looking north from entry point showing subsidence with blockage beyond, Scales: 2m and 1m EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 3-4 Plate 5. General view of tunnel blockage at south end, looking south
Plate 6. General view of tunnel from near southern blockage, looking north towards entry point EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 5-6 Plate 7. Detailed view of arched brickwork at opening
Plate 8. Detailed view of brick flooring at opening, Scale: 0.3m EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 7-8 Plate 9. Tunnel (61) showing cut 4 in section, looking south acrossed reduced area for pool and its retaining wall. Scales:1m
Plate 10. Well 5, looking south, Scale: 0.5m. EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 9-10 Plate 11. Timber plank recovered from the interior framework of the well (64), Scale 0.5m
Plate 12. Well corner timber, Scale 1m.
EGC 11/42b East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire, 2013 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 11-12 TIME CHART
Calendar Years
Modern AD 1901
Victorian AD 1837
Post Medieval AD 1500
Medieval AD 1066
Saxon AD 410
Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC
Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC
Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC
Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC
Neolithic: Late 3300 BC
Neolithic: Early 4300 BC
Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC
Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC
Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC
Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC
Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, 47-49 De Beauvoir Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5NR
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